While carefully avoiding an outright rejection of US ceasefire proposals, Moscow is playing for time

Summary

Vladimir Putin responded to Ukraine’s US-backed ceasefire proposal by imposing strict conditions, including a halt to Kyiv’s military aid and mobilization, while continuing Russia’s own rearmament.

His calculated stance prolongs negotiations without outright rejecting Donald Trump’s initiative, which seeks to end the war while pressuring Ukraine.

Putin also demands Ukraine’s demilitarization, exclusion from NATO, and recognition of Russian territorial claims.

Trump, with limited leverage, may shift toward aligning with Putin’s terms. Meanwhile, Ukraine fears the ceasefire could allow Russia to regroup and intensify its offensive.

  • NoiseColor English
    2•9 days ago

    With current progression rate, Russia will need more than 50 years to capture whole of Ukraine.

    • @alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•9 days ago

      With the current progression rate, the Ukrainian army will run out of soldiers in a few years.

      • NoiseColor English
        2•9 days ago

        That is a naive statement that is not based on any data. I could say the same for Russia.

        • @alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1•9 days ago

          It’s based on the number of casualties in the conflict and the fact that Russia has a population about 4 times larger than Ukraine.

          • NoiseColor English
            2•9 days ago

            Which casualties number? Medvedev one, claiming that Ukraine had a million dead?

            Reality is that this war can go on for a decade and both sides will have enough troops. Also warring countries don’t run out of troops or anything. That’s not how reality works. There would be a lot of other major problems long before a warring side would run out of troops.